Ditman+Captivate+Publisher


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=**Captivate**= =**MS Publisher 2007**= Dana Ditman dlditman@gmail.com

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Overview
Would you like to quickly and easily make: templates for classroom projects, student achievement certificates, promotional flyers for school events, posters, cards, flash-cards, web pages, and more? Microsoft Publisher is the tool for you! This interactive tutorial will empower you to create attractive, professional looking graphic materials to enhance your lesson plans.

Already using Publisher 2003? ... Investing a few minutes in this simulation will get you up to speed with the features of the new version.

Instructional Objective
This tutorial teaches **//BASIC//** skills for producing graphics for classroom use with MS Publisher 2007. Participants will be able to create a new Publisher document and insert, modify, and move:
 * A text box
 * Word art
 * Clip Art
 * A photograph

Participants will also be able to manipulate:
 * Backgrounds
 * Borders
 * Page layout

Learners
The tutorial is designed for Rocklin Unified School District faculty, staff, and students who produce graphic materials for school use. All of these users are familiar with MS Word and MS Outlook 2003. A few of them are familiar with other applications in the 2003 MS Office suite; a very small number use Publisher 2003 on a regular basis. MIS has pushed out the 2007 suite and will be removing the 2003 option at the end of this school year. The tutorial will encourage users to try Publisher and will ease the transition to the 2007 version for the small group who have been working with the 2003 version.

These people all love graphics but they are, on the whole, creatures of habit and are reluctant to adopt new applications. I have seen teachers use Excel to produce classroom posters because it is the application they use most ... Having convinced a few teachers that Publisher is a worthy alternative for a few favorite projects, and getting favorable outcomes in student work, I am winning them over one-by-one. When they see how flexible Publisher is; how much easier it is to produce cards, certificates, banners and all that ... and how similar it is to programs they already know, teachers love using it.

Context of Use
This simulation will be used most often in a computer lab although all users have access to it through a link on the school website and have the option of using it in a classroom or at home.

Motivational Issues
Motivating elements of the tutorial in terms of Malone and Lepper's //**Taxonomy of Intrinsic Motivations for Learning include Individual Motivations: the Challenge of mastering a new application that is similar in many ways to applications the learner already uses every day. **// Participants have a clear **//Goal//****//://** produce a document for classroom use. //**The level of difficulty will be medium to easy for most participants. Objectives are designed to build on prior knowledge, feedback is frequent, and activities offer an opportunity for **//learners of various levels of mastery **//to improve skill sets. Exhibiting proficiency in these highly relevant objectives enhances Self-Esteem.

We tap in to learners' Sensory and Cognitive Curiosity with //** // a colorful demo project that the learner can produce and use in the classroom right away. Learners will have an opportunity to experience //**Contro****l** //during the "Now it's your turn" spaces in the tutorial. Learners will receive// **feedback** //for correct or incorrect// **choices** //as they experiment with// **flashy aspects** //of the software.//


 * //Interpersonal Motivation is Recognition//**//:// Participants will have a product to show demonstrating their design prowess. They will rise in the esteem of colleagues who will recognize them as new experts. Teachers like learning from other teachers. These new experts will be consulted frequently.

Design Process
I am revisiting a video tutorial I produced in EDTEC 572 for **//MS Publisher 2003//**. My district is rolling out the 2007 version of **//MS Office Suite//** so I need to revise the material. This project is a mini lesson that will enable me to become more proficient with the **//Adobe Captivate//** product. I will work toward developing a look and feel for the lessons that will follow.

Initially, I thought the process would be easy; just tweak the script for the 572 video and there you go! I quickly realized the task to be more of a haiku ... stripping a 2 hour tutorial down to a 3 minute engaging sample. How to be clear, simple, and pack an informative punch?

As it turns out, my initial plan was unrealistic. I underestimated the challenge of adapting the **//Camtasia//** material to **//Captivate,//** so I have adjusted my strategy. Rather than taking on the entire **//MS Publisher//** tutorial, I built a Mini Lesson. When I am satisfied with the quality of the Mini Lesson, I will present it to testers for formative evaluation before building a set of full length modules, each addressing the following objectives:


 * Participants will be able to create a new Publisher document and insert, modify, and move:
 * A text box
 * Word art
 * Clip Art
 * A photograph


 * Participants will also be able to manipulate:
 * Backgrounds
 * Borders
 * Page layout

My motivation for working toward fluency in **//Captivate//** is that I understand the importance of delivering good-looking, effective, interactive modules to my teachers, and I anticipate receiving positive feedback if they are satisfied with the instruction.